The Future Past of the Das Brothers
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A continuation of this July 5 article about the Das Brothers. As I noted earlier, the twin brothers Rudolf and Robbert Das had a long career as technical illustrators, architectural designers, authors and futurologists. Since then, Proafile contributor Paul Dunlop has found and acquired five rare volumes of Das books that were published in a series called Toekomst (“Future”), between 1983 and 2008.
Paul has scanned and uploaded the books to Flickr, and there is plenty for sailing enthusiasts to see, including some wild proas, not to mention the giant flying boats and ekranoplans, helicopters and VTOL aircraft, hydrofoil aircraft carriers, catamaran freighters… you get the idea.
I’ve uploaded a few of my favorites to Proafile, but be sure and check out the entire collection:
Zicht Op De Toekomst
Roads Into The Future
Toekomst Beelden / Visions of the Future
Toekomst Flitsen / Future Flashes
Energy en Onze Toekomst / Energy and Our Future
Much thanks to Paul for the submission.
